GoToMeetings adds HD-video. Goes apart from Skype?
August 03, 2011 | Author: Adam Levine
Last March, before Skype was acquired by Microsoft, it announced that the GoToMeating
web-conferencing tools will be integrated into Skype's client. It could
be a logical partnership because GoToMeeting and Skype are often used
together to organize online meetings. But then Microsoft bought Skype,
and apparently the plan was changed. After all, Microsoft and Citrix
(the owner of GoToMeeting) - are more rivals than friends. Anyway,
yesterday GoToMeeting launched the new version with its own video tool
called HDFaces. Moreover, HDFaces can not just replace Skype for
GoToMeeting users, but also compete with Skype in the global enterprise
video meating market.
HDFaces supports up to 6 concurrent participants, with a maximum
resolution 1920x960 pixels. I.e. the quality of the video call is
potentially much better than in Skype. Video streams can be displayed in
a separate window or on a separate screen. The video stream of the
current speaker is automatically highlighted. At the same time, video
conferencing is available absolutely free of charge for all GoToMeeting
users (and the cost of GoToMeeting is $49/month per 15 users)
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